Advertising device or toy



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1.

M. I. PRICE.

ADVERTISING DEVICE 0R TOY.

No. 584,272. Patented June 8,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EEIcE,

MILBERT F. PRICE, or IOWA CITY, IOWA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE OR TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N 0. 584,272, dated June 8,1897. Application filed March 10, 1896. Serial No. 582,617. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MILBERT F. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iowa City, in the county of Johnson and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices orToys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys, and it may also be used as anadvertising device, the invention consisting in the construction andarran gement of parts hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification and inwhich like letters and figures of reference indicate correspondingparts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional View on the line 90 0c of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrow y. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking in thedirection of the arrow z. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification.Fig. 5 is a similar view, and Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame of a bicycle, formed,preferably, of cardboard or pasteboard, though it maybe formed of othermaterial, such as tin, celluloid, &c. This frame may be of any of thewell-known shapes or of any fanciful or arbitrary shape and has the seat1 and the handle-bar formed integral therewith. The frame A is formed,preferably, of two counterpart sections or blanks 3 4, brought togetherso that the similar parts of the frame will register and then secured bypasting or otherwise except at those points hereinafter mentioned. Thesections of the frame, as well as all of the other parts hereinafterreferred to, may be either plain or have their faces printed, as shown,or they may be colored in imitation of the objects they represent.

Secured upon one side of the frame by pasting is the wheel 5, and uponthe face of this wheel and upon the opposite side of the frame are thecranks 6 and pedals 7, each of which is formed, preferably, of anangular strip of cardboard.

B are the wheels of the bicycle, and, as shown, the spokes of thesewheels are printed. These wheels are secured either pivotally or rigidlybetween the front and rear forks of the frame A, these portions of theblanks 3 4 being left disconnected and separated to remove the Wheels.The blanks 3 4 .are also left disconnected at the handle-bar portions 2,and these portions are bent to opposite sides of the plane of the frameA.

C is a figure formed of any suitable material, but preferably ofcardboard, representing a man, woman, or child, or, if preferred, thefigure may be in representation of some animal. In the. present instancethis figure represents a man in bicycle costume and is preferably formedin two sections 8 9, each of which forms one of the arms 10, one of thelegs 12, and one-half of the head 13 and body 14. The opposite outerfaces of these two sections are printed to correspond, and the sectionsare pasted together at the body portion 14, and the arm and leg portionsare left disconnected, the former being bent at 15 to extend uponopposite sides of the plane of the body portion, while the latterextends downward from the point 16 in different planes.

From the above it will be evident that if the figure 0 be properlyplaced upon the bicycle the seat 1 will extend between the legs 12 andthe figure held in its position by reason of the frictional contact ofthe legs upon opposite sides of the seat and frame, and the legs andhands are so positioned that they will register with the pedals 7 andthe handle-bar 2, respectively.

When used as a toy, several of the figures (representing men, women,children, and animals) may be employed, any one of which may be placedupon the bicycle in the manner above set forth.

If the device he used for advertising purposes, the advertisement may beprinted upon. the wheels or upon any other desirable portion of thebicycle, or upon. the figure itself.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 4 fan-wheels 17 are substitutedfor the wheels B. These wheels are provided with vanes 17 which are inangular relation to the plane of the body portion of the wheels, and thewheelsare pivoted upon the outside of the frame in such manner that whenablast of air is directed against them they will rotate. A

suitable pedestal 19 (indicated in dotted lines) may be employed forsupporting the device.

- In the application of the device in Figs. 5 and 6 the bicycle issecured to a card D at the pivotal points 18 of the wheels 13, and theframe A, instead of being formed of two counterpart blanks, as in Figs.1 to 4, consists of a single blank, which is disconnected from the card,except at the points 18, to enable one leg of the figure O to beinserted between the card and the frame. Of course it will be understoodthat any suitable advertisement may be printed upon the card D.

In some instances I prefer to out circular openings in the card D alongthe line 20, leaving only the Wheel-rims and tires printed upon the faceof the card, and arrange the fan-wheels 17 at the back of the card andpivot them to the front and rear forks of the frame, so that when airpasses through the openings in the card the wheels will be caused torotate. If desired, some suitable means may be employed for supportingthe card vertically, as, for instance, by means of the ordinarypasteboard strip 21, (indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 6.)

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangementshown, what I claim is 1. The within-described toy, comprising a bicycleblanked out of flat material and afigure formed of two or more fiatsections secured together, the leg portions of the figure adapted toextend upon opposite sides of the bicycle and to beheld in position byfrictional contact therewith, substantially as described.

2. The within-described toy comprising a card, of a bicycle formed offiat material and secured to the card at its front and rear ends, theintermediate portion of the bicycle being left disconnected from thecard, and a figure formed of two or more fiat sections, the leg portionsof the figure being left separated, and one of which is adapted toextend intermediate the card and the bicycle and the other to extend onthe outside of the bicycle whereby the figure is held in position by thefrictional contact thereof with the bicycle and card, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILBERT F. PRICE. lVitnesses:

MINNIE NESVACIL, Susin F. LUsooMBn.

